We kept Mark in a rec league and a lot of the competition moved on. That made Mark kind of a big deal in the league. He scored a lot of points, blocked a lot of shots, and had a lot of steals. Meanwhile, his team won every game but one.
Mark loved playing point guard.
This shot does go in!
Mark could often blow past everyone for a layup.
Dad coached the team again, and exactly half of the ten players didn't play all that well. They had trouble catching the ball, and couldn't really even dribble. By the end of the year though, everybody made good progress. Since this was the first year of help defense and legal stealing, it was a big jump for a lot of these kids. Dad really liked helping them learn the little intracacies of basketball.
Dad has a great time coaching these big boys!
This is what the warm up time looked like at every game. All the Ockey boys!
Dad always had Mark play the point guard. Mark scored a lot of points and even made a few three pointers. His favorite play was getting a screen and taking it to the hoop. It took him half a season to learn to pass it to the weak side, but when he did, other boys got in on the scoring, too. As Mark continues to improve, he continues to have fun, and that's what matters most!
Mark was a great leader on his team. Mom was most proud when he made sure to tell everyone on his team good job or good game each week.
Mark's good friend Tyce played on our team and they had lots of fun together.
We are missing one player in this picture, but here is the team!
This team definitely had a lot of fun.
Dax took a picture of the scoreboard of our last game. He was so proud of Mark's team!
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